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Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but adopting it for their… — Marketa Irglova Copy Share Image
“Wings are of many kinds. Butterfly's wings, vulture's wings, eagle-wings, spread wings of white swans, dragonfly's serene wings, wings of albatross, lovely… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly! Patience, hard work, dedication, never giving… — Jesse Taylor Copy Share Image
Transformation of any kind always exacts a holy tussle. The newborn butterfly struggles to open its wings so it can conjure up… — Tama J. Kieves Copy Share Image
Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output… In weather, for example, this translates into what is only half-jokingly… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“They watched her sit, holding the bundle up before her, the lamp just at her elbow belabored by a moth whose dark… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Tel Aviv, Israel, me, Robbie Williams. I'm coming to see you. It's like a first date. I've got butterflies in my stomache,… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
The dog wags its tail only at living things. A tail wag, the equivalent of a human smile, is bestowed upon people,… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
It was always easier for me to show love than to say it. The word reminded me of pralines: small, precious, almost… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because… — Pat Cooper Copy Share Image
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It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
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What unnerves so many liberals about talk radio? Simple: It's the unapologetic nature of the conversation, the unwavering sense of certainty. Where's… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
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A child her wayward pencil drew On margins of her book; Garlands of flower, dancing elves, Bud, butterfly, and brook, Lessons undone,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
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Flowers belong to Fairyland: the flowers and the birds and the butterflies are all that the world has kept of its golden… — Ouida Copy Share Image
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Once you let people know anything about what you think, that's it, you're dead. Then they'll be jumping about in your mind,… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“You are immortal; you’ve existed for billions of years in different manifestations, because you are Life, and Life cannot die. You are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
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I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not into promoting me. I'm into talking… — Julia Butterfly Hill Copy Share Image
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Love is basically like leaches … They suck until they cant get enough of you. Until you find a catapillar that will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I do not want [photography] explained to me in terms of... formulas, learned, but so hopelessly unsatisfying. I do not want my… — Jacob August Riis Copy Share Image
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